Wednesday, 16 March 2016

This and that

With dad (who did our decorating) and brother

Next time I saw her in this it was coordinated with navy tights and a very nice hooded
cardigan. A very successful outfit.

Life has been a bit hectic lately with three weeks of decorating and general upset and lots of last minute commitments. When in Pasadena I bought some clothes for myself and braved a hectic Gap outlet for clothes for my granddaughter tried on here at our mother's day meet.
It was also the last day of the current U3A session - we start again in September with Margaret at the helm so I hope to be able to catch up with more of my own work. Sheila who very much has her own style brought in a hexagon piece she has been working on. She has lots of dressmaking scraps to draw on.

Sheila's bright hexagons with very effective black "flower" centres.

Margaret's stained glass fish which will be the basis for a larger finish in a
day design at her workshop in May.

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About Me

I'm a retired ex teacher and librarian and very enthusiastic quilter. I used to regard myself as a quilting librarian, a repository of information leaning towards the traditional side but now my energies are concentrated on using up my stash and completing projects. My skills are average but I continue to learn and improve and I'm quite prolific. I belong to various groups from the national Quilters Guild, to the 300 strong Oast Quilters based in East Kent, Quay Quilters in Faversham who hold a biannual show and the Bonny Quilters foursome who are former machine knitters. I also belong to an informal house group called Usual Suspects. We like to eat lunch and chat and travel together. I also like to get together with a couple of Crab & Winkle friends and spend a day sewing and catching up.
I've attended all the Festivals of Quilts at the NEC and try to attend another national show as well, Sandown or Malvern and The Quilters Guild AGM and Region Two show at Hever. I've also been to Paducah and Sisters twice and Houston four times.. I went to QuiltCon in Pasadena 2016 and 18 and in 2018 to the Alsace Quilt show in the Val D'argent.